Low-cost adhesive solution 'Celluad' from ITRI wins over judges with strong adhesion and water resistance
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/04/09
By: Chris Chang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Celluad facilitates making of eco-friendly, non-volatile plywood products (ITRI photo)
This is the first gold that ITRI has ever received from the Edison Awards; the national institute previously won a bronze award for its bionic knobby magnetic beads manufacturing technology iKNOBEADS in March.
According to the ITRI, Celluad is a formaldehyde-free wood adhesive using an abandoned cellulose derivative as its main raw material and can be applied to plywood, flooring, and lumber core board. Unlike soy protein-based formaldehyde-free wood adhesives, Celluad is less expensive and avoids food-wasting. [FULL STORY]
